There were two incidents in which aircraft came closer to each other than is regarded safe, a letter by a body representing air traffic controllers has said, claiming that they were the result of a change in ATC rules.
The air traffic controllers (ATC) guild on Wednesday wrote to the secretary of civil aviation, Vumlunmang Vualnam, citing prior communication in which they expressed concern over a plan to unify what are known as surveillance area control and procedure area control.
“ATC Guild (India) would like to remind your good office about the subject matter and no action taken on it by DGCA (Directorate General of Civil Aviation) and AAI (Airports Authority of India) .
